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Ana Tajder on the Lessons Our Mothers Never Said Out Loud and How They Find Us at Midlife

Through 170 interviews, journalist and podcaster Ana Tajder traced the invisible lessons passed from mother to daughter, revealing the quiet patterns…

Jun 27, 2025 • Zeva Bellel

Mai Hua on Making the Most of the Creative Power of Intimacy in Midlife

Filmmaker, blogger, color designer and excavator of evolving truths, Mai Hua shares how opening “the inside of the inside” can change your life—and your…

Jun 12, 2025 • Zeva Bellel

1:10:50

Your Creativity: A Love Story with Liz Kimball

Many of us were taught to try to master, measure, and monetize our creativity. But what if the creative process is like a living relationship that wants…

May 30, 2025 • Zeva Bellel

1:13:33

Creative Camp Summer Edition!

Camp vibes, grown-woman style. Let's kumbaya in this series of in-person workshops created for midlifers craving more creativity, connection, and joy.

May 22, 2025 • Zeva Bellel

Where Are You On The Midlife Spectrum?

A few episodes into my new season about midlife creativity and I've got more questions than I started with. Including, what is midlife anyway, and who…

May 15, 2025 • Zeva Bellel

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Neuroscience Nuggets

Neuroscience Nuggets #8: Who am I this time?

What your brain does when it explores your past identities

Mar 14, 2024 • Zeva Bellel

Neuroscience Nuggets #7: Find your flow

How can you design more moments when interest and skill are in perfect harmony?

Mar 14, 2024 • Zeva Bellel

Neuroscience Nuggets #6: Start a progress loop

Triggering your brain’s reward response is the key to upward progress

Mar 14, 2024 • Zeva Bellel

Neuroscience Nuggets #5: Embrace emotional granularity

Getting granular about your emotional experiences helps you travel through them

Mar 14, 2024 • Zeva Bellel

Neuroscience Nuggets #4: The science of self compassion

The way you speak to yourself matters, a lot

Mar 14, 2024 • Zeva Bellel

Neuroscience Nuggets #3: Master your body budget

Introducing allostasis, the only budget your brain cares about.

Mar 14, 2024 • Zeva Bellel

Neuroscience Nuggets #2: Visualization vs Fantasy

Visualize the process, not just the outcome, to prevent your dreams from falling into the fantasy trap.

Mar 14, 2024 • Zeva Bellel

Neuroscience Nuggets #1: Find the mighty in the tiny

Transformation is the accumulation of lots and lots of little shifts

Mar 14, 2024 • Zeva Bellel

Robinne Lee on Erotic Intelligence, Artistic Risk & the Creative Heat of Midlife

Bestselling author of The Idea of You and "sexual savant" — my term, not hers — gets candid about midlife desire, the art of seduction, and her new…

May 2, 2025 • Zeva Bellel

1:14:32

The Space You’re Trying to Rush Through Might Be the Story Itself

From Annie Ernaux and Delphine Horvilleur to the women I coach: lessons on identity, longing, and the art of lingering in the in-between, where selfhood…

Apr 25, 2025 • Zeva Bellel

How the Female Brain Rewires at Midlife with Dr. Sarah McKay

What if your midlife brain isn’t falling apart, but actually reassembling itself for your next great act?

Apr 17, 2025 • Zeva Bellel

1:09:37

Why Midlife Might Be Your Most Creative Chapter Yet

A Manifest-Sode to Kick Off Season 4 of On Becoming

Apr 7, 2025 • Zeva Bellel

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I Went to the Mothership and Found a Vision Board

Third Things, creative overload, and the strange beauty of being explored

Mar 21, 2025 • Zeva Bellel

Grab 'em by the power: Reflections on a season of fierce feminine leadership

A solo deep dive into the myths, realities, and future of women in power.

Feb 21, 2025 • Zeva Bellel

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On Becoming with Zeva Bellel

On Becoming with Zeva Bellel

Stories, insights, and tools about the transformative process of self-discovery from my work as a woman’s career coach and podcast host.

Podcasts

On Becoming with Zeva Bellel

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Websites

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